Bride Flight: Romantic Drama Explores Three Refugee Brides' Lives

The 21st Annual San Diego Jewish Film Festival presents the award-winning Dutch drama Bride Flight. It's the story of three World War II refugee brides-to-be who fly to New Zealand to join their fiancés. On the flight, they're befriended by a handsome young man. Fifty years later, Esther, Marjorie, and Ada reunite at his funeral, and dramatic revelations force them to reflect on life, love and loss.

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This film runs 130 minutes, and is presented in Dutch and English with English subtitles. _Bride Flight _contains adult content.

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Twenty-six post-WWII refugee brides-to-be fly KLM in the 1953 air race from London to Christchurch, New Zealand. There they will begin life with their awaiting fiancés far away from atrocities of war and memories of lost families.

On board, three women are befriended by a handsome young man. Fifty years later, Esther, Marjorie, and Ada reunite at his funeral and reflect on life, love and loss. In dramatic revelations, they discover how intertwined their lives have truly been.

Breathtaking photography of the New Zealand landscape, an authentic portrayal of life at the time, and a storyline that spans five decades make _Bride Flight _a sweeping romantic saga that demonstrates the inextricable link between past, present, and future.